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NO MAN S ▼ ' LAND & BMwmtwii CLOVIS JOSEPH VANCE -^ILLUSTRATIONS BY Tbyrt/riKS’ ccj>YAtc#r s>/* erwc'fi jos£*r r**c£ / SVMOPSlft * t • -»: « • man . f SCeu ' ' *S I'll MetU I MX If In, hia SriarV aim *•»*<•# law !• # * sed party He snsapaa. •JIPmpp* Pa dMPpes HU Wat. the HP so* Prune that tea*, are is iete s.in Kail ertsm Thaatae lUa taisa ta iu.ii.icx Ur y WartPu-t aa ’.mam) af her ffprmi*>a At lie party s'.aaut Barts tar.’ • •■and IPMet a*d Van Tati Three la a sauasiei sad r«sr.ai ds«s Vaa CkAPTCK II.— iCemimscd ) The PM W*h*d «f< ah’ podded, s- •.! .It too late pub That's dune ar good a Pd ah Wo needa't erarre: He »t#r bac* to hta aeot •load txord h»B lung they ore’" He ^ogsp t* talk, to maunder to kw ft A shot adgh’ have hem and nfeot hod ham. sp«Uii| of his anas. PtaidUesas phtrymriili to an oddly «»*»<h«d *ay. aa he Might hate re tte-Bod AAMkHs ll» oatiy •-mottaoai ahr-B forced to rssitxat W c of the fact that tb:» Bar the epd of it all. 1 ha incase. Thu ends it — tx-tua'ed 'he srpte-n ludaul soliloquy l:X> BotoBoosH. repem 'ed uttr and over «*k the same foiling itigertkue Coast «r'e*t«d aat s t«w(. not etrea a Bote «' Tut for kn mar. sate masfar as 11 sSrr.td Uiarkrloth » fort unes - luasxad then. A Aria riamst of the telephone •Mis ete. riSed theta all. I kinds* cried tod. Hkarkatorh jnmfwd op and at AO’liked tato the hall Coos*. riNC| hears hta latre Tea Tell them to rome up" tie resented. afawol reeling "Here. Isuadss. he said, skoal;. ~>«B let eai t» »in yoa like a good lellos ” Mute la hh panic. lnuia> »m: to tho Ouse CoasA eaatd htar he shine of ’Be . aareadiSX rlrrtlor. "he < .lllBS ©f r Us safety ehalita Abruptly he to noMAMt that Ktorhsuark s tetttprr had node pi ne a thaege From passive aurrender to few fate the man had parted to a mood of orttte teuslsBfr Somekot IO dipdidf. Coast teemad to dirtae this aa the son-barged. tense olsto* there of that aoatF He shot a sstft. auspanous look at u>e man. and mush: to return A luck of loo running sod deepen* 11 re He ssb Klochstoek la a pose of at epttoo listening every tease akrrt. ei<ry mitsric gened—s maa Catherine tiOMfe lage'feer as a tot about to • prtag TIp rtevstor bis terjr near the ■par 'tty C«d!” tlioiks'.ocfc abupered. •» t-'-f hka Ups: and again his eyes set* idarag TU too! 'eta yet!** The Bug is ."fees, as lflly Outside the ekeister ga’.e «longed. Coast heard s • naif estop of footfalls and *»<»». s bn «. blag oa the door And Mel Intended. Already he had re soiaed the s.de table and sna'ebed up 'he pdatol He turaed »life it lifted. They sham have tar*" he tried and reversed F to hks temple Too tool*" Coast err s-atoed nans • m aosly ttltk oltoost tt< rvdlhte xBtfr.Bsst of artteo he Hang himself dst Kl»f IsiurA pod seized the pistol. Orthcted it ’sttrA the retting It Per a momi rum *ei br aa> sirup* citas fraetuailj «oh I'.lac kstocfc to b rote tbr MM ll«M MUdrvtmrUba. TW«. olthouf a arums br *u retard rad toarced ana*. b.-itouc tbe ptetot 4 rrupr band snatched that iti; bauds pimooed bis situs to ala sides Hr ':«i«b! lor freedom tor sa Mist sat, tbe* erased to resist, -bus users*rock auk tautatai. tOaekMss-fc IMrtM ulf- him. potat o( bUa out That s year mau -lake Idas!" be cried. lies Soar murder sad was try top suicide. 1 marsped to Key kiM idtt until be beard you easiac thro br made n crab Irr i h* ttdsi Thank <i*l yck't* le time'" inmrttlac Mack to <'cast’s throat— an tare < rylac to articulate ia n ■M’k dry stth lent and cossterna ■cn "Tan ltni"’ be siatacsd to say kd Mb. yoa'“ Ore of tbr poUeo b>dit* him dapped a baad over bis aMNtfb »M' be beard Clatfcauw-k say. to* ms bim yooraeif. peatlcmre If ’beara aay gueetioa >a year minds, brers Mr Onnkas. sbs sanr it alt. •CKbdas ski sbM Vaa Ttyf Mr. tad here— •basis as hr inch a bar toast san I .adas rattp I torn tbe press at an 1 tbr root, a chest of a man eyelids ass ■ Herat l<oU statlrp I rat tires a or a'»c *» ks smalt, past* face tad bn ri|. >k of super, fear and re trsiiaed. Coat detected tbe look, on • osermd by any other of secret us • s •••ist'tt ibat iaassd Uriases tbe %e* ' Ouadas said hi* ilia ir.-mu »s Mb* —stop, at course Mr t'asat did H ‘ «*‘OM felt tbe chill of hand* u*t on hie o rtri a «kto that a»e Into hi* sail CHAPTER III. xsituma had iwiuirt tic’h.ns * w*< * «.'.-rd atf ad Kins das ’o « toe d * wan car. Lit departure >o coa 'dtcl aad fluted that he «w cob •Hoaa todtser <d a ft reuse Jew tor a wmUmm m .n The occupant of :ae trtin e ** .1 prat*d ta ha the sot* haa «■«. had drtwt lor hint prior to ala nal _*td raaru-uoa: tli Uuod axaalas. Mr Coast; kit pleat me 10 »** joo tuoAiacs so trail, atr." roatejed p i rdoaly the rt*h! decree ol reaped :<d aa—taMdaMaa la ihh too roost itrtfdad the haad of hia leaver lie aa# cratofui. furthor. (or the heap or rootmtains aa rttaOral void lunch. . aa ««dl a* for the fad. which V>. erbar as me could." Warbunan Told him. Whatever >our plans are. you’ll be glad not to be mobbed before you gel a tktiiie to put 'em across." Coast's swift smile was reward enough for the little man. He snug gled comfortably Into his corner of the tonneau, the broad eccentric curve* of hi* plump lace and figure radiating pride of conquest in addi u >n to the honest delight he felt be cause of his client's deliverance. To his client and friend the world rocked in a sea of emotions rediscov ered. The sense of freedom, of space, of m: lion, the soft buffeting In his face of the clean, sweet, unpent air, the recognition of a new-born world a-riot with color—vernal green, inef fable empyrean blue, flooding gold of sunlight—played upon his heart a muted melody. Again be thanked bis God his father and mother had not lived to know the day of his arrest. . . . lie experienced a curious freak of memory, very suddenly seeing be tween him and the glorious world a fragment of a scene, his trial, exceed .ugly vivid; Blackstock groping a slow way toward the w itness stand, bis dark face the darker for an eye-shade, his ,-yes masked sinister!} with smoked glasses. . . . Pocr old Van Tuyl! . . . His nerves crawled with apprebec : i >ns inspired by the city toward bis guilt, or to a thing more dreadful in his understanding, he had never found the courage to debate, not even in the longest watches of the hope less nights when he had lain in wa king torment in his cell, listening to some miserable condemned wretch moaning in his sleep a door or two down the row. . . . His thoughts had swung the full circle. He ceased to think coherently. In time Warburton touched Coast’s arm with a gentle hand, “launch?” he queried, almost plaintive. To see Coast smile once more was a keen delight. . . . When they had finished. Coast, re freshed and strengthened, diverted and enlivened, boldly grasped the net tle. “Well—V he asked with a steady glance of courage. Warburton pounced ninthly upon his chance. ’•It’s exoneration.” he' began, aud unconsciously bit'upon the word so squarely that he caught himself up with a gasp at Coast's reception of it. "Why?” he cried, alarmed, ”you're white as a sheet, man! I said exon eration—full and clear!” Coast reassured him with a gesture. ■'It's just joy.” he explained simply. He put bis head back against the cushions, closed his eyes and drew a long breath. “How was I to guess how all this had been brought about? 1 was afraid to ask. airaid to surmise, even. Tell me. please.” “It came—like thunder out of a clear sky, Garrett; none more amazed than I.” Warburton reverted to the habit of clipped phrases that charac terized his moments of excitement. “I suppose you knowr—you've seen the papers?" "Only infrequently. I . . . was a bit cowardly about them. I pre sume.” “Then you hadn’t heard about Blackstock?" Coast shook his head. "Well, his eyes went back on him— He Found Appalling the Thcught of Re-entering It. I , which the car was bearing him; the ‘city of his birth and banishment; the city inexorable, insatiable, argus-eyed, | peopled with its staring millions, rav ening with curiosity, whose appetite should long sinew have been glutted with details of hia disgrace. He found appalling the thought of reentering it. I of trying to take up his former life In I its easy, ordered groove, of coming ahd going in the company of those m whose eyes bis brow would be for ever branded with the mark of Cain— yes. e»en though he were exoner ated of the crime of which be bad bee u accused, for wbicb be bad been placed ca trial, convicted and sen tenced. Would they ever learn to be l>eve him guiltless, even though the truth were published broadcast, trumpeted from the housetops? Would . be not remain to them always the questionable hero of a sensational murder trial, whose escape from tbe electric chair had been due simply and solely to tbe exertions of his in iloeniial friends? . . . exoneration' The word was sweeter to him than the name of Krecdom bad been to his . lorebearc in 1776 and 1861. He dared not breathe It—yet; be dared not hope • tor it nor even question whether or' ! not li had been made his. What it his release bad been solely I do* to the offices of his friends, to | pressure brought to bear upon the ! state executive? ... He felt that | to discover such to be • be rase would I prove insufferable Death itself were preferable to life without vindication of the charge that had been laid against him. . . So terribly be feared to learn tbe truth. . . . HU friends, those sho stood by him. those who had been silent, those who had denied him; what would be tbeir reception of him now? He couned the names of a dozen of the dearest; did they believe in him. even now. in their secret hearts? Had they ever had absolute faith in his innocence. ; despite their protestations? Would . he himself ever cease to doubt them se ; cretly? .... Katherine Thaxter . . .? He had heard nothing of or from : her since his conviction; before that, i little enough: n note or two of halt ing sympathy, tinctured by a con straint he hnd been afraid to analyse. Whether It hnd bean due to belief la were failing during the trial, if you'll remember. I heard he'd injured them ; somehow—with his wireless experi- ! ments. you know. He went nearly ; blind and took himself out of the country—to Germauv. the papers said, j to consult a Berlin specialist, perhaps ; to undergo an operation.” ‘‘One moment." Coast took a deep breath. “Did he go alone?” ‘‘So far as I know-. Why?” “No matter. Call it idle curiosity ” ! (TO BE CONTINUED.) TAKES BACK THE EMPTY PODS Thaddeus Obediently Returns to Gro cer. but Is Exceedingly Busy En Route. Little Thaddeus Is an Kast side boy who likes uncooked young green peas. These tid-bits he devours with relish direct from the pods, in whatever quantities are obtainable. His weak ness for young green peas recently came near getting him into trouble as It led him to petty larceny. Passing a small grocery near hts Dome, the youngster spied a basket or peas. and. seeing that no one was looking, he grabbed a iistfull and toddled hurriedly off. Reaching home with his plunder he was about to sit down and leisurely enjoy him self, when his mither discovered him with the goods on. and demanded to know where he got the peas. “1 taked ’em fum B'own's ’tore.” ex plained the youngster, nibbling a pea appreciatively. "Thaddeus." said the mother stern ly. "you take those peas right back to Mr Brown, and when you give them back to him you tell him you are a thief." Thaddeus obediently got up and started back toward the store, but b6 must have bees exceedingly busy en route, for It was a handful of empty pea halls that he handed to the gro cer. “Hey. Mlaser B’own.” he said, "take en. I’m a fief.” Beneath the Table. Geor£—“Didn’t you notice that I pressed yonr foot at the dinner to night 7“ Mazie—"Why, It wasn’t ay foot you pressed! Oh, George. I won dered why mamma was smiling sc sweetly st the minister!”—Michigns Gargoyle. VALUABLE EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP AT MINNESOTA STATION Pastures Grown So That. If Possible. Some Variety Would Always Be in Season — Remarkable Results Achieved by Keeping Land Working—Soli Was a Sandy Loam. A Profitable Flock. In experimental work in growing pasture for sheep at the Minnesota Experiment Station about 100 sheep and lambs were pastured on 10 acres of land front May 1 to November 1 Almost two-thirds of the entire num ber were sheep and one-third lambs. In addition to the pasture a fraction over 10 tons of fodder and over 10 tons of green food were taken from the same land Nearly as much food was taken from the pasture the prev ious year, says the Agriculturist. On a single acre six sheep ar.J 10 lambs w-ere pastured live rw-::hv The land was a sandy loam, not half as good as the average soil in Minnesota It was not high in fertility, having.been fer tilized only once with farmyard ma nure durir.g the six previous years, a! though cropped every year. The se cret of this wonderful return lay in keeping tiie land at work Two and one-half acres of lar.d were kept in grass. On this the sheep were grazed when the weather was wet and when other pasture was not ready. The pastures were grown so that, if possible, some variety would always be in season. Movable hurdles were used to inclose the plat or plats that were being beaten down The sheep were grazed on these in the forenoon and in the afternoon, at.d were given ’be freedom of the shed and of the adjoining yard in the mid dle of the day and also at night. The foods grown that proted most useful were winter rye. oats and bar ley sown together, corn, sorghum, rape and cabbage. Of these winter rye was first in season and was the onlv variety that furnished early pasture' Rape provided pasture for a longe-. period than any of the other plants and. taking it all in all. proved the most valuable plant. But the greates*, amount of pasture per acre was ob* tained from cabbage. Rye. as stated above, was first ir. season. As soon as it ceased to pro? vide pasture abundantly, the land waa plowed and sown with corn, sorghum or rape, and in some instances it wa<-, sown again in the early autumn with the winter rye after one or the other of these crops had been grazed down As soon as the rye pasture was gone the oats and barley were ready, and when eaten down this crop was fob lowed at once with corn or rape. In some instances oats and peas were: sown and with satisfactory results Sorghum was usually followed by win ter rye. Corn was sown at any time occasion offered after the weather had become sufficiently warm. Rape was also sown any time from the opcniifg of spring until the middle of July. It was the chief reliaance for fail pas ture and cabbage was the last food grazed down Producing Winter Eggs. The chief essentials for the produc, tion of winter eggs, are pullets, that hare had the best of care from the very beginning, and have been pusbec | from the time of hatching until they | are fully developed. COVERING FOR A FARM WELL Practical and Economical Method For Keeping Out Leaves, Dust and Undesir able Things. Here is a sketch ot how 1 cover my well on Richwood farm, says a writer in the Farm and Home. The 18-inch tile makes a most excellent curb Then a lid cut out of boiler iron to just fit within the flange of the tile will keep out all leaves, dust and other undesirable things. A handle can be placed on the upper side of the lid. and a book on the underside on which to hang the bucket and rope will make a most complete arrange ment. If your well. Is in the branch or creek bottom and the floods get over it they cannot damage it. for the wa ter cannot get under the lid to raise it. 1 fixed one in the bed of a creek » _I Well Curb and Cover. 10 years ago and the floods bare been over It many times, yet when a dry spell comes and the owner Is com pelled /to resort to well water, he cleans the sand from around tbe lid. pries it up and goes to drawing water Every other device to keep a well in the bottom of tbe creek bed has failed. Around the barn lot and for a stock well tbere are no boards or timbers to rot and let the stock fall into the well. nor to harbor rats and snakes A well drawn in and covered in this I manner seldom freezes over in winter | and the water is kept cooler in sum mer than in an open well or one over which only boards are laid Raising Calves. I The future usefulness of tbe cow 1 depends a great deal upon how the ! calf is brought up during the first, | year. It should have plenty of water . and salt presented in clean vessels, j sudden changes of diet avoided and ; regularity of feeding practiced. Warm | dry quarters are necessary if the weather is damp. Plenty of roughage should be fed and Dot too much gram, for then a large capacity for handling I food, so desirable in dairy animals. I will be developed When six months | old milk should be omitted from the ! calf’s ration aDd a full roughage and grain diet substituted. I Roosters in Winter. Our bens lay more during Decem ber. January. February and March, the months when the eggs are high: says a writer in an exchange. We sell eggs and fowls at fancy prices; others go to market. Our neighbors sometimes come for rooe'ers in the spring, but go away disappointed, as our roosters are all killed in the fall. We tell them that if they want some thing to keep for nothing they must get them in the fall and not expect someone else to keep them all winter. Managing Ducks. In managing ducks for market it has been found highly desirable to empha size cleanliness, pure drinking water, good ventilation and to provide ample feed eonsisting or three parts corn meat. Ms of bran and one of meat meal or beef scrap. In two to four weeks this ration and way of manag ing has always proved satisfactory in fattening tbe birds. ♦ Value of Farm Prosperity. In striking contrast with the slow growth in the number and acreage of farms and the area of improved land during the ten years is the enormous rise which has occurred in tbe value of farm property. CEMENT FLOOR IS SUPERIOR Mot Only Practicable bat Will Re turn Big Profit* to Savins Manure — HoW to Bnlld One. In response to a query regarding a cement floor for saving manure. Mr. S. S. Staley or Ohio, makes the follow Ing reply in the Breeder’s Gazette. Bulletin No. 1S3 of the Ohio Experi ment Station says that the saving of manure from 58 bead of cattle. 28 on bard earth floor and 24 on cement floor, was 850 more on the cement than on the earth floor. It is stated also that half the cost of the cement floor was saved in six months’ feeding. So one sees it Is not only practicable but will pay big returns in saving ma nure. to say nothing of having the cat tle wading knee-deep in the mud. A concrete yard floor can be put down directly on the earth, after scraping off the top-soil until a hard !ev»| floor is obtained; bat it Is best to excavate 10 or 12 inches and fill in with 6 or 8 inches of gravel or cln ders. so that water will not stand un der the concrete and cause it to heave by frost. A curb or wall of concrete IS inches deep should be built all around to keep out rats, and also from being undermined by hog wallows For cattle the floor bad best be 6 inches thick and for tbe bog floor 4 inches. A mixture of 1 cement, 2 sand and 4 parts of crushed stone passing through an inch mesh, will make a good floor. If pit or creek gravel Is used, which has about that proportion of sand and gravel, our custom here Is to use one barrel <4 sacks) to one yard of gravel. All this work can be done by the farm help, if some one with some knowledge or experience can be had to superintend it. German Eggs Small. The eggs of the German hen are be low the average in weight, running as low as 10 to the pound. Separating Milk. The heat time to separate milk la immediately after It is drawn from the cow, before it gets cold. FATE AND THE FLETCHERS' Intervention That Made It Certain Hour for Senator’s Death Had No: Struck. Senator Duncan TJ. Fletcher of Flor ida sought his berth one night on a [ sleeping car on the way south from , Washington. Pulling back the cur !; talcs of a low^r nine, he saw that his bed was already occupied. "Hi, there!” called the senator, shaking the stranger by the shoulder. The sleeper awoke and protested ; angrily. "My names Fletcher," explained the statesman, "and this is my berth.” “You’ve got nothing on me,” an swered the other. “My name’s Fletch er, and this is my berth.” * My full name is Duncan U. Fletch- i er,” the senator elaborated. "So’s mine.” agreed the intruder. ‘‘Ah, I see,” said the senator po litely. "There must have been a mis take in reserving the same berth for , two men of the same name. I’ll 8° into the next sleeping car.” The stranger, by this time, was fully awake, and proceeded to apologize, and to offer to give up the berth. This the senator would not do, but went into the car ahead and found a place to sleep. An hour later the train was wreck ed. The car in w hich the stranger occupied the lower nine fell through a trestle, and that Fletcher was killed. The senator’s car was no: damaged at all.— Popular Magazine. VAIN EXPERIMENT. Daughter—Pa. why do you let the I furnace go out every evening Mr. Ro i mance comes to see me? Father—I am trying to freeze out ! the microbe of love, my deluded daughter. Longevity Personified. Senator Benjamin F. Tillman re [ lates an amusing anecdote about a . colored man named Jeff who has been with a neighboring South Carolina : family since before the war. "One day,” said Mr. Tillman, "bis mistress was rather surprised when ! old Jeff asked to have a few days off ; to go. as he put it, 'up to de old state of Bosting.' to see his aunt. “ 'Why. Jeff.' said the lady, ‘your aunt must be pretty old, isn't she? “'Yes'm,' he replied, 'yes'm; mah aunt must be pretty ole now—she s 'bout ah hundred an’ five years ole j now.' “ ‘One hundred and five years!' ex ! claimed his mistress, 'what on earth j is she doing up in Boston?' " 'Deed. I'se dunno what's she's j doin', ma'am,' rejoined old Jeff, in ail j seriousness, 'she's tip dere livin' wid her gran'moiher.' " Explanations. Miss Fuilosoul tof a poetical turn) i Which are you of opinion one should j say, professor: "Summer files" or ; "Summer flees?" Absent-Minded Professor (great on | entomology)—The two species, my ' dear young lady, are entirely distincL . Now. the common house fly— Then be wondered why she suddenly open ed a conversation with the young man on her right.—London Sphere. Ariculture. Mother—Yes. Johnny, the queen bee is boss. Johnny—How- about the presidential bee? People wno take the will for the deed never break into the millionaire class. - -' How to get a Mother’s Oats Fireless Cooker Free This advertisement is good ior 10 coupons— cut it out and you have a big start. Then in every package of Mother's Oats you will find a coupon. Save the coupons and get the cooker free in a hurry. Only one adz cr tisement will be accepted from each customer as 10 coupons. Cooks meat, vegetables, etc., perfectly and with a delicious flavor. Re quires no attention what ever while meal is cooking. 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